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When 5-year-old Danny Nickerson, who is battling brain cancer, told his family that he only wanted birthday cards for his sixth birthday, they never thought he’d get so many that they’d swamp the Foxboro Post Office.

But that’s exactly what happened. As word of Danny’s simple request lit up the Internet, thousands of birthday cards and gifts have flooded into the post office, with more than 8,000 envelopes and four pallets of toys as of yesterday, his aunt Hayley Stewart said.

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